Prosecutor: Rape suspect returned, wanted to apologize

October 09, 2008

A West Chicago man charged today with sex assault was arrested when he returned to his acuser's home to apologize, authorities said. If his apology was accepted he hoped to have further intimate relations, a prosecutor said.

Salvador Alvarado, 37 (right), was arrested about 2 a.m. in front of the home of the woman he is accused of raping last month. His bond was set at $1 million this morning.

Alvarado entered the victim's West Chicago home Sept. 21, threw her to the floor, raped her and then apologized, telling her that he loved her, Lindt said.

Alvarado, of the 200 block of North Neltnor Boulevard, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion. Both charges are Class X felonies that carry a sentence of between 6 and 30 years in prison.